Kontoor Brands, Inc.

KTB Consumer Cyclical Apparel Manufacturing

Revenue
−19.7%
EPS
−181.8%
Free cash flow
−2.98%
Total debt
−15.0%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

78.97 2.99 −3.65%
Market cap
$4.3B
P/E
21.7×
Fwd P/E
13.6×
Dividend yield
2.68%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
3.03
Beneish M
−2.44
Dividend safety
67/100

Kontoor Brands, Inc. (KTB) Operating margin

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Kontoor Brands, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 10.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (10.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.90% (fiscal 2020) to 29.5% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 30% of that period. That is below the Apparel Manufacturing industry median of 2.46% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 10.7% (2.45)
FY2024 13.1% 0.89
FY2023 12.2% (1.31)
FY2022 13.6% 2.12
FY2021 11.4% 5.53
FY2020 5.90% (0.70)
FY2019 6.60% (5.45)
FY2018 12.1% (0.58)
FY2017 12.6% (16.83)
FY2016 29.5% —

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 0.00% (15.49)
Jun 2026 15.5% 0.80
Mar 2026 14.7% (3.45)
Dec 2025 18.1% 10.66
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Against its own ten years

Low 5.90% High 29.5%
Ten-year median 12.1%
Current reading's percentile 30

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
LEVI Levi Strauss & Co. compare 11.3%
FIGS FIGS, Inc. compare 10.8%
COLM Columbia Sportswear Company compare 8.73%
VFC V.F. Corporation compare 6.76%
PVH PVH Corp. compare 4.07%
ZGN Ermenegildo Zegna N.V. compare 0.00%
KTB Kontoor Brands, Inc. 0.00%
UA Under Armour, Inc. compare −2.43%
UAA Under Armour, Inc. compare −2.43%
Apparel Manufacturing industry median 2.46%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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